What was transportation like in the last century?

Transportation in the last century is incomparable to today.

To take a flight, you must have a certificate from an organization above the county level before you can buy a ticket. Remember, it costs 64 yuan to fly from Nanjing to Beijing, and the average monthly salary is about 30 yuan.

It is difficult to buy tickets with seats by train. Ordinary people cannot afford sleeper tickets. Those who are on official business and have a certain level of cadres can easily get sleeper tickets; most people rush to get first. Squeeze into the bus and pay for the fare. If you can evade the fare, it will reduce your expenditure. In recent years, there has been a skit about three people who only bought one train ticket for a business trip. The couple huddled in the toilet and handed the train ticket to the conductor through the crack in the door for verification.

It is also difficult to buy tickets by bus. Because the fare is relatively low and the number of flights is small, the tickets for this flight are sold out and you can only buy the regular one. The next shift may be in the afternoon or tomorrow. Everyone knows that the ticket supply is tight, so they all buy tickets in advance, which makes the ticket supply even more tight. Or maybe you can only buy a ticket today for the day after tomorrow. The roads at that time were ordinary roads of ordinary grade, with many gravel roads (note: just like the temporary roads paved now), and the vehicle speed was generally around 50 kilometers per hour. It usually takes one day to travel from the county seat to the provincial capital.

Ships were also the main means of transportation at that time. Ships are slower and are subject to restrictions on rivers and docks. If you take a ship, you won't be in a hurry in terms of time. It is usually 2-3 times longer than a car.

Urban public transportation is mainly buses, and fares are in "cents", with fares ranging from 2 cents, 5 cents, and 8 cents. At that time, buses in every city were overcrowded, requiring strength and skills. It was difficult for vulnerable groups such as the elderly, the sick, the disabled, pregnant women, and children to get on the bus. Thieves liked this scene the most, and it was easy to succeed. . At that time, there were very few taxis, mostly rickshaws, bicycles (carrying passengers to earn money for people), two-wheeled vehicles (pulled by people), tricycles, etc. It was not easy for the drivers to make money, and of course there were others who had an even harder time than them. group.

To understand the transportation of the last century, we need to pay attention to: means of transportation, roads, people's ability to pay, and more importantly, we need to understand the national conditions at that time.